Pope Eleutherius

Pope Eleutherius (130-189) was the Pope from 174 to 189, succeeding Pope Soter and preceding Pope Victor I.

Biography
Eleutherius was born in Nicopolis, Epirus, Roman Empire (present-day Preveza, Greece) to a family of Greeks. Eleutherius became pope in 174 after the death of Pope Soter, and he sent a mission to Britannia when King Lucius of Britain sent him a letter informing him of his conversion to Christianity. Eleutherius died in 189 at the age of 59.